Smith, John Shaw
Irish (1811-1873)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Theatre at Petra
SERIES TITLE: Group of negatives organized by the photographer, entitled "Cairo, Pyramids, Palms, Nile Boats"

ca.1851-2
calotype negative
17.2 x 22.6 cm. (irreg.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
GEH NEG: 28200
81:1683:0173

OLD GEH NUMBER: 13574-173

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Barrett, Nancy. --Catalogue of the Photographs of John Shaw Smith Annotated and with Description and Analysis.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1981. ill. 74.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (in ink) "Theatre at Petra. March 23 1851"

NOTES: Two slips at upper corners. Waxed for printing. Retouched with black ink. Bibliographic reference listed indicates a positive reproduction of negative. Positive reproduction of this negative is located in the collection of the Photographic Society of Ireland in Dublin. Catalogued 5/92, MAP.

SUBJECTS:
architecture, theatre / Theatre at Petra
landscape, mountains